5 biggest cricketing controversies of 2018

#2 David Warner - Quinton de Kock incident

Australia's David Warner and South Africa's Quinton de Kock were involved in an ugly spat.

The Australian Cricket Team's value and support have significantly dropped ever since they played the four-match Test series against South Africa in 2018. In what could be called as their unluckiest tour ever, Australia had no positives to take away from the series.

Apart from the Sandpaper gate, another incident which broke the headlines was the ugly spat between David Warner and Quinton de Kock. This took place during the tea time of the third day of the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Durban. Quinton de Kock was accused of making derogatory comments about David Warner's family.

Later, David Warner was charged 75% of his match fee for breaching the Code of Conduct. Here 's what David Warner said regarding that incident:

“I cop it left, right and centre, especially off the field from spectators. I am used to that and it doesn’t bother me. But in the proximity of my personal space and behind me, a comment that was vile and disgusting and about my wife and just in general about a lady was quite poor, I felt, and as I said my emotional response, you saw, was just to something that I don’t believe should have been said. And as I said, I will always stick up for my family,” Warner said.